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		<title>The Wake Up Call</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/the-wake-up-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the calm
before the storm
the rains sat in my throat
like a dense grey cloud that 
would not,
could not
Rain.
 
The call came.
Like shocking thunder
that trembled my 
center
on a sunny
Cloudless day.
 
Lightning hits
the Heart
and says
No more!
Like this.
 
Wake Up!
to a new reality.
And so
we do.
 
Within this
Death,
Life is awaiting.
She is here
Ready to be born.
 
&#8230;Dedicated to my brother, Douglas Gilson Ludman&#8230; to his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=148&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In awe of the unknown&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/in-awe-of-the-unknown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an e-mail from my study group member, who saw a twitter posting from someone who recently studied with Paul Muller-Ortega at his Abiding in the Kitcharee Mudra retreat (how is this for being cyber-linked to Grace?)  &#8220;Often our first reaction to  sudden insight is despair for a new reality we do not yet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=145&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing What to Keep</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/choosing-what-to-keep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally made the decision (again) to sell my house.  It only took me about 8 months to sit with the decision to realize that it was the right one.  A huge lesson that I am keeping from the past 7 year cycle of my life is to listen to my inner voice when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=143&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perspective</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year marks my 2 year anniversary in working with the Grandparent&#8217;s Support Network.  This is an amazing group of Grandmothers who raise their children in the absence of the parents (due to death, incarceration, drugs, inability&#8230;.).  These women are my heroes.  Every Thursday night, I head downtown to First Presbyterian Church and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=120&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Refinement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday night, I began my year long spiritual study with Paul Muller-Ortega.  Leading up to this time, I have felt a spectrum of emotions, knowing that I am preparing to embark on a journey into the unknown.  In actuality, I realize that every moment is a journey into the unknown, but often times, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=114&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anusara Invocation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A student asked me for my personal translation of the Anusara invocation.  Here it is&#8230;
Om Namah Shivaya Gurave
I deeply honor the presence of the true teacher&#8230;the one who resides within me and within all things.
Satchitananda Murtaya
The presence who takes the form of truth, conciousness and complete bliss.
Nischprapanchaya Shantaya
This presence is never absent and full of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=103&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Beginnings</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/new-beginnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[obstacles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I woke up yesterday feeling the effects of my newly feng-shui&#8217;ed bedroom.  My eyes popped open, and I was hopeful and excited that it was election day.  Most of my friends and students warned me that I would be waiting for hours at the voting precincts because I had not voted early.  My response was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=96&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting in the Weeds</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/waiting-in-the-weeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yogash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soundtracks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Eagles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1keG263sXMg
&#8220;It&#8217;s coming on the end of August.
Another summer&#8217;s promise almost gone.
And thought I heard some wise men say that every dog will have his day,
He never mentioned that these dog days get so long.
I don&#8217;t know when I realized the dream was over.
Well, there was no particular hour, no given day.
You know it didn&#8217;t go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=76&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Life Worth Living</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/a-life-worth-living/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;An unexamined life is not worth living.&#8221;  Socrates
So, my life must be way worth it, with the amount of examining I do!  I don&#8217;t always think and contemplate with such vigor(or then again, maybe I do), but recently, with lots of space away from the day to day grind, I have an additional amount of time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=74&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey So Far</title>
		<link>http://yogash.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/the-journey-so-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next month, I begin a year-long meditation/spritual study with Dr. Paul Muller-Ortega.  At the end of our first conference call (even the spiritualists have gone high tech), he asked us to write him and e-mail about our &#8220;journey so far&#8221;.  It was an interesting expose, trying to decide what to tell my new teacher about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yogash.wordpress.com&blog=2174078&post=72&subd=yogash&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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